Man Dies After Getting Attacked for Transporting Cow in MP

The police has filed an FIR under charges of murder after the 35-year-old lady operator died on Monday after allegedly sustaining injuries during a late-night confrontation. Junaid Qureshi was transporting cattle in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district when, as alleged by his family, he was assaulted by two vigilance. He died at the Hamidia Hospital while his companion Armaan from Shyampur is in critical condition.

Qureshi operated a dairy business in Bhopal’s Jinsi area.

The police has filed an FIR against multiple individuals and has made at least three arrests, according to senior officials. No further detail is being released by the authorities.

The alleged incident occurred while Qureshi and Armaan were transporting seven cows and a bull in a pick-up truck near Mehergao village. According to a family member of the deceased, 20 to 25 men stopped their vehicle between Sanchi and Raisen and subjected both men to hours of beating throughout the night.

“He was transporting the cow from the dairy. The men stopped them in Mehergao and beat them throughout the night,” said Mohammed Maaz Qureshi, a family member, to the national media. The family also claims that the attackers looted approximately two lakh rupees from them.

The police has also filed a separate FIR against Qureshi based on the complaint by a Raisen-based bike workshop owner under sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Madhya Pradesh Prohibition of Slaughter of Cows Act.